13. This is the Water of Contradiction, where the sons of Israel were quarreling against the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.
14. Meanwhile, Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom. They said: "Your brother Israel says this: You know of all the hardships which have overtaken us,
15. how our fathers descended into Egypt, and we lived there for a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted both us and our fathers,